Practise adult nursing assessment, safe clinical skills, professional judgement and research appraisal for the NMC Test of Competence Part 2 OSCE. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the NMC Test of Competence 2021 Part 2 OSCE: Adult Nursing Preparation Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), United Kingdom · Verified against official materials available on 2026-10-11, Asia/Hong_Kong: nursing and midwifery candidate information booklets V2.4, updated October 2026; Nursing Test Specification V1.1, describing the Test of Competence introduced in August 2021; Adult Nursing and Midwifery blueprints V1.0. The workbook label maps to Part 2 of the NMC Test of Competence, rather than a separate qualification. The assigned slug is preserved. This is a nursing-focused preview across shared competencies and selected nursing-field contexts. January and March 2026 replenishments are effective; September 2026 replenishments become examinable for first attempts from 2026-10-26 and are not treated as effective on the reference date.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- NMC OSCE: Test of Competence 2021
- Test of Competence 2021: Preparation materials
- Test of Competence: Nursing (all fields) candidate information booklet
- Test of Competence: Midwifery candidate information booklet
- Test of Competence 2021: Nursing Test Specification for Candidates
- Test of Competence 2021: Adult nursing blueprint
- Test of Competence 2021: Midwifery blueprint
- Preparing for your OSCE: All nursing fields
- Test of Competence: Adult Nursing Marking Criteria
- Test of Competence: Mental Health Nursing Marking Criteria
- Test of Competence: Learning Disabilities Nursing Marking Criteria
- The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour
- Openness and honesty when things go wrong: The professional duty of candour
- Resuscitation Council UK: The ABCDE Approach
- Resuscitation Council UK: Adult basic life support Guidelines 2025
- National infection prevention and control manual for England, V2.12
- NHS: Pressure ulcers
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Catheter urine
- NHS England: Placement devices for nasogastric tube insertion do not replace initial position checks
- RDaSH: Glucometer nova StatStrip Xpress 2 procedure
- NHS: Peak flow test
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 6: Choosing effect measures and computing estimates of effect
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 25: Assessing risk of bias in a non-randomized study
- rn1-adult-nursing-marking-criteria-sept-2026.pdf
- Glucose monitoring after fruit peeling: pseudohyperglycemia when neglecting hand washing before fingertip blood sampling: wash your hands with tap water before you check blood glucose level - PubMed
- Mental Capacity Act - Health Research Authority
Test of Competence 2021 — Part 2: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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During an adult nursing assessment, a patient becomes less responsive and develops noisy, obstructed breathing. Another nurse is available nearby. What is the most appropriate immediate response?
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